Bob Buente South Park BID Emails through 10/2018

FW: Bio for Ellen - please confirm OK

Subject: FW: Bio for Ellen - please confirm OK

From: Robert Buente </o=ExchangeLabs/ou = Exchange Administrative Group
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bbuente>

Date: 09/12/2017 11:21 AM

To: 'Ellen Riotto' <ellen@southpark.la>

Ellen:

Is it OK for us to use this bio for our ULI program? Our committee chair found this and
liked it more than what I provided!

Thanks

Bob

Robert Buente
President/CEO

1010 Development Corporation
1001 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 91105

213-749-0214 x202

bbuentegiQlOdev.org

From: David Zehnder [ mailt o:dzehnder@epssac. com ]

Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 11:05 AM
To: Robert Buente <bbuente@1010dev.org>

Subject: Bio for Ellen - please confirm OK

Ellen Riotto began her role as Interim Executive Director of South Park Business
Improvement District (BID). The BID is a 52-block area in Downtown Los Angeles. It is home
to the Convention Center, L.A. LIVE, Staples Center, and the many cranes that pepper the
downtown skyline. If the cranes aren't indication enough, there's a lot happening in South
Park these days: the residential population is expected to triple in the next two years;
the MyFigueroa project has begun construction along 11th St; and improvements to the Metro

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Pico Station are scheduled to begin later this month. In addition to keeping South Park
clean and safe, the BID is active in the economic development of the area, with retail
attraction, marketing of local businesses, and streetscape improvement initiatives.

The BID represents a varied network of stakeholders, each with different priorities and
interests. Ellen draws from her Coro experience and training every day, as she
communicates with real estate developers, property owners, entrepreneurs, and businesses
large and small. Coro gave her the tools - from systems analysis to adaptability and
communication skills - that allow her to be successful in her new role.

A native Rhode Islander and graduate of New York University, Ellen moved to San Francisco
in 2012 for a job in the tech industry. After almost three years of feeling disconnected
from the community around her, she decided to pursue a career in public affairs. Through
the lens that Coro provided, Ellen fell in love with Los Angeles, adding in a recent
interview "Anything is possible in this City, and I feel grateful every day to be a part
of the incredible progress and precedent we set as examples for the rest of the country."

DAVID ZEHNDER
MANAGING PRINCIPAL

Economic & Planning Systems (EPS)

400 Capitol Mall, 28th Floor
Sacramento, California 95814
T 916.649.8010
M 916.813.0932

www.epsys.com <http://www.epsys.com/>

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